The Five Stages of Collapse - What are they and what can you do about them?
Dmitry Orlov's long awaited, The Five Stages of Collapse: Survivors' Toolkit is now off press. Note the position of …
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Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the Age of Crisis
America stands at a precipice; limitless consumption, reckless economics, and disregard for the environment have put the country on a collision course with disaster. It's up to a younger generation to rebuild according to new forms of organization, …
related subjects: Sustainable Living
Mobilizing the Green Imagination
An Exuberant Manifesto
Dysfunctional cities, catastrophic climate change, ever-deepening distance from nature - today we see environmental disaster everywhere we look. In Mobilizing the Green Imagination, philosophical provocateur Anthony Weston urges us to move beyond …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Techno-Fix
Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment
Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known as modern industrial civilization, without demanding …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
The End of Growth
Adapting to Our New Economic Reality
Economists insist that recovery is at hand, yet unemployment remains high, real estate values continue to sink, and governments stagger under record deficits. The End of Growth proposes a startling diagnosis: humanity has reached a fundamental …
related subjects: Post Carbon Prep / Peak Oil
The Wealth of Nature
Economics as If Survival Mattered
The Wealth of Nature proposes a new model of economics based on the integral value of ecology. Building on the foundations of E.F. Schumacher's revolutionary “economics as if people mattered”, this book examines the true cost of confusing …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Creating Wealth
Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies
Communities everywhere are challenged by issues such as health, elder and child care, housing, education, food security and the environment. On the surface, these problems appear to be rooted in economic crisis—forexample budget cuts have …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Industrial Evolution
Local Solutions for a Low Carbon Future
For many people, the word “industry” brings to mind images ofsprawling factories belching toxic emissions in a blighted natural landscape. “Industrial” has become synonymous with pollution, human rights abuse, and corporate greed. In …
related subjects: Environment & Economy
Humanizing the Economy
Co-operatives in the Age of Capital
At the close of the twentieth century, corporate capitalism extended its reach over the globe. While its defenders argue that globalization is the only way forward for modern, democratic societies, the spread of this system is failing to meet even …
related subjects: Conscientious Commerce
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